Mr. Swanson will replace Stuart McGuigan, who served as J&J’s CIO for seven years and is now CIO at the U.S. Department of State.
Mr. Swanson formerly served as a technology executive for Bayer’s AG crop-science division. Before that, he was CIO at Monsanto, which Bayer acquired in 2018. He also worked as an IT executive for J&J’s research and development division from 1996 to 2005.
Mr. Swanson joins J&J shortly after the company reached a $20 million deal to settle lawsuits claiming the drugmaker helped fuel the opioid crisis.
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